On 21 January 2015 at 22:54, Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Vaclav Petras <wenzesl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Please, have a look at my suggestion in the attachment for > welcome/startup > > screen/window. It contains a graphics but it has small height. Title and > > whole upper part is changed. > > Nice - perhaps the "Welcome to GRASS GIS." should be simply removed to > shorten that line. > +1 > (the word "Welcome" can go into the splash screen) > > > Note that it is actually done in code, so it is > > pretty precise, except for the graphics which was done just quickly. The > > gray in the background of the image is the one of the window done using > > transparency so it should always match with the window. Unfortunately, > this > > will fail miserably when somebody has dark window background color or > green > > one (text or logo will be invisible). > > If technically possible as a test if the window background is dark and > if yes, replace transparency with some white? > > Transparency of the picture can be set to 50% white, it should failsafe most conditions of background, while blending to some amount with the background > > I would also like to change some terms used in the startup window. > Namely, > > avoid using ambiguous word "project". If it is not clear, use "GRASS > > location", otherwise just "location". Same for mapset. We should also let > > the translators know that location and mapset should not be translated, > or > > translated very carefully. > > The "project" has been introduced in the past to de-confuse user > coming from "other" GIS. > "Location" alone is not quite clear I fear. > > > Perhaps also, "Start GRASS" should be replaced by > > "Start GRASS session" which is something we avoid in documentation but > it is > > quite crucial to understand how it works. > > Good point. > > Markus > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev > -- ----
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